Exam Q1 Camera Work

In cuffs, camera work is used to create meaning throughout the first episode. The show begins with an establishing shot of the city. This is  used to show the audience that the show is set in a urban place and gives the audience an idea of what the show is about. We are then shown a close up  of a police officers face, this is used to create emotion and show the audience how stressful police work is in cities. In the chase scenes, they use high angle shots to give the audience a better perspective and understanding of whats going on.

Close up shots are used to draw the audiences attention to details in the show such as the emotions and feelings of characters. For example we feel sorry for the inexperienced policeman after he was shouted at because before hand he looked worried and frightened. This all adds to the audiences sympathy towards policeman and gives the audience a better understanding of how stressful and difficult it is.

Tracks are used in the car chase as the camera keeps up with both vehicles. This effect is important as it immerses the audience in the thrilling chase and as the tracks allow the camera to stay with the car, it make the audience feel as though they are in the action themselves.

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Exam Q5

Social contexts influence our opinions on the television show  and give us an opinion on what the show will be like. For example, we build an impression of the show just from the setting, the language used and even how people are dressed. In the Avengers we can instantly tell that the scene is set in the 1960's as the men are all wearing suits and refer to the women as 'dolls' and use very old fashioned sayings that wouldn't be used today. We can see how the social context of the 1960's is portrayed in the Avengers through blown up buildings and bunkers resembling a war that is still largely in peoples minds at the time. There are lots of examples of T.V shows doing this as to be popular, a television show needs to stay relevant to the time and be up to date with the social context of the time.

Also, there are many old fashioned hints throughout the episodes, for example when John Steed and Emma Peel were on the train and they get out an entire tray and from their bag and have 'afternoon tea'.

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EXAM Q2

Analise how far the extract depicts the polices point of view rather than the criminals point of view

Before the scene even begins, we hear a voice over as the police man is being called to action. The voice over tells us that ‘police need courage and conviction’ this is played over the sound of the police sirens as the policeman rushes to action. This makes us see things from the polices point of view and we already, before the action even begins, side with him. We are told about how much training they had to go through to become a policeman. This makes us trust the policeman as we know they are dedicated enough to go through all the training and have lots of experience.

 The scene on the beach shows us how difficult it is to be a police and from the opening scenes we feel admiration towards the policeman as he is trying to break up a fight even though he is being treated disrespectfully and he is vastly outnumbered. He only uses force after he was pushed by the drunk people so he is a respectable officer.

The scene when the 2 officers are outside an urban house trying to help the man who is shown covered in blood and threatening the police officers with knives. The police officers are very gentile and nonthreatening as the music from the scene suggests. They ask permission before touching him to help his wounds. This all adds to our opinion of the police officers and after these scenes we see things from the polices point of view instead of the criminals.

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EXAM Q1: SOUND

In the extract from cuffs, we hear lots of sounds as the police are arguing. The most prominent sound through out the whole of the scene is the sound police talking over the radios, this shows us how hectic being a police man in Britain can be, they take a 5 minute break to sort something out and already they are being called back to work by other police on the radios.

Another example of sound in the extract is the noise from the motorway behind them, this sound of fast moving traffic is automatically a stressful situation for the police and adds to the tension of the on going argument. It also gives the effect that the police have a tough job which requires them to go to all sorts of different places such as a loud motorway.

Sound is used in series for many different reasons, Sound can be used to create an atmosphere, to create tension and suspicion sound can even be used to represent characters. Sound is a key role in creating a popular series because without it, the audience will struggle to get immersed in the show.

Seb Hardy

FOREST GUMP

At the moment we are learning how to make films and how to edit. We have been looking at Forest Gump as our first mini movie. In class we were shown the trailer to the movie so we had a good idea of the movie. Then we saw a sweede, a remake of the trailer/mini movie, and we were told which scenes we would be acting and filming. After being taught how to use the cameras properly, we began to make our scenes. Once we had finished acting out all of our scenes, we downloaded them onto our computers and began editing and turning them into mini movies.

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